Palladium Books® Weekly Update – September 8, 2011

By Kevin Siembieda

Prelude to Lemuria Sale. For a limited time you can buy Rifts® World Book 7: Rifts® Underseas and Rifts® Sourcebook 4: Coalition Navy, a total value of $41.90 for only $25.15! You know you’ll end up buying these two books after Rifts® Lemuria comes out – and at full price – so save money and get them both now at a juicy discount. It’s like buying Rifts® Underseas and getting Coalition Navy for 20 cents! This sale will only be made available for one week, so order yours now. Offer ends September 15, 2011.

October is a BIG release month with 3-4 new book releases: Wow, October is shaping up to be a super-month for Palladium. The following books are all scheduled for October release:

UPDATE: The Rifter® #56 is entering into its final production phase. Now that Wayne has made most of his selections, I’m assigning artwork this week. October release!

UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria goes into final production today! I’m working on it all weekend. Unfortunately, its release has slipped into October. Why? Even if final editing and rewrites go as quickly as we anticipate, we cannot get it printed and shipped by the end of September (it takes three weeks to print). That means Rifts® Lemuria will be an early October release. We are working like mad dogs to get it to the printer and in your hands as soon as possible.

UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook. My work on the book is done. Alex and Wayne are editing the last few sections before they are sent to Harmony Gold for final approval. Cover by Apollo Okamura should be finished any day now. I expect to be assigning artwork this weekend. If approvals by Harmony Gold are quick, the book should hit its October release date without difficulty. And remember, due to popular demand, Robotech® New Generation™ will be in the 8 ½ x 11 format, NOT manga-sized.

NO more manga size. We’ve decided to stop doing manga-sized Robotech® books. Starting with the Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook, all future Robotech® supplements will be our usual 8½ x 11 size and format. If and when we sell out of the existing manga-sized books, we will reprint them in the larger, standard format.

UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook is next! A hefty 80% of this sourcebook is written and waiting for me to finish. 60% of the art is done and I’ll assign the rest as I go along. The odds are good this will be an October release.

UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three. I’m thinking this will be a November release.

UPDATE: Rifts® Megaverse in Flames™. We are focused on getting you the books we’ve been talking about all year. I want this book out no later than December, but will actually be shooting for a November release. This is a big, 160-192 page extravaganza jam-packed with amazing ideas, new magic, menaces and drama.

Rifts® Chaos Earth™: First Responders Sourcebook and another Robotech® Sourcebook are in final development and we are tentatively working to see at least one of them released by the end the year (November and December).

MEANWHILE, I have several manuscripts coming in over the next few months from various freelancers. Matthew Clements has the first draft of Rifts® Black Market finished and is working on Rifts® Northern Gun even as you read this, with Rifts® Manistique Imperium and Rifts® Titan Industries to follow to start 2012 off with a bang. Heck, Matthew and I have something like six new Rifts® titles in the works.

Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Dead Reign™, Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth™, and Heroes Unlimited™ will ALL get one or more sourcebooks in 2012.

UPDATE: Megaversal Ambassadors Game Master Support Kits are still pending. Sorry, the delay has been on Palladium’s end of things. Getting books finished has taken precedent over these cool kits, and along with prepping for the Detroit FanFare multi-media convention, September 24 & 25, 2011 at Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, and the Alliance Trade Show in Fort Wayne, in October has us buried. Not to mention, we decided to add material to each kit by including a number of “pre-rolled characters” to be handed out to players at conventions and gaming events. Each one was created by Palladium’s very own Julius Rosenstein, renowned for his outstanding games and Game Mastering. They are coming in a few weeks. The Game Master Kits will be made available for free to Megaversal Ambassadors, but will also be made available for a small price ($5 each) on DriveThruRPG.com as PDFs for Palladium G.M.s and gamers who might also want to use these helpful Game Mastering aids. Each set of G.M. tools is game specific, the first of which is for Rifts® and the second for the Palladium Fantasy RPG®. G.M. tools for other world settings are also coming.

UPDATE: Kevin’s Online Store. Alex has been very busy rebuilding my online store. The store offers more than 100 toys and collectibles from my personal collection. This week Alex has added a large number of toy listings – mostly Star Wars and Marvel Superhero action figures, Micro-Machines and other toys. Next week, a dozen or two Palladium collectibles such as proofreader copies of books, some artwork, rare prints, some out of print books, signed first printings, and other gaming odds and ends will be added. New toys and collectibles will be added every week for the next several weeks. Most toys are listed at below average prices so take advantage of the savings. Many are rare. You can check it all out at: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

UPDATE: Palladium online sales. Sales stunk this week, but September is always a slow month. We are focused on the next three months and new releases. October is going to rock with new sourcebooks. November and December should keep fans excited with additional new releases that kick . . . adrenaline into high gear. And 2012 is going to knock your socks off. Keep the faith, support Palladium and game on!

UPDATE: Alex. Unless things change, I think this will be the last update on our dear friend Alex. He is doing great, has been a dynamo at the office and seems filled with renewed enthusiasm and love for the work he does at Palladium. With any luck, Alex’s health is well in hand and his condition will remain under control and manageable. Thank you for caring. Alex and I, and all of us at Palladium Books appreciate your kind thoughts, words and prayers.

UPDATE: Convention Appearance Alert. Palladium’s next convention appearance is at the Detroit FanFare, September 24 & 25, 2011. Palladium will be there selling RPG product and a selection of toys and collectibles. Julius, Matthew, Alex, and I will be available to chat and sign books both days, Wayne is available only on Sunday and a number of other Palladium artists like Kevin Eastman, Mike Mumah, Chuck Walton, Mark Dudley, Comfort Love, Adam Withers, and others will be around too. We have heard only good things about this convention, so come on down and join the fun.

More convention news and details are located toward the end of the Weekly Update.

UPDATE: Palladium Open House – May 4, 5, 6, 2012 (May 3 is VIP Night). Is it just me, or does it seem like this epic event is coming up fast? Palladium fans are excited and orders for the weekend pass (covers ALL events) come in almost every day. As of this Update, we have gamers coming in from as far as Japan, Germany and England, as well as from Canada and across the country. I’ve already been cooking up things to make the 2012 Open House the best ever. FYI: When YOU place orders now it helps us plan and prepare, so if you’re coming, place those admission orders.

Halloween Store – QueenofGhouls.com – Kathy Simmons continues to make scary and fun life sized Halloween props that are frighteningly life-like. Her Ebay store currently offers a host of zombies, killer clowns, a sinister circus ringmaster, a werewolf, scary nurse, a new type of crawling zombie, wizard, witch and much more. Plus, she has plans for a Mad Doctor, more zombies and monsters in the works. Halloween is only 53 days away.

Kathy’s life-sized Halloween props are unlike anything you have ever seen (unless you’ve been to the Palladium Open House). If you are looking for a standout Halloween item for your front lawn, one of these will do the trick. And they look sooo much better than the photos. WARNING: Once you see one of Kathy’s ghouls in person and get rants and raves from everyone who visits your home on Halloween, you may find yourself buying a new one every year.

Bad Kevin. I’m afraid I have been a bad boy. I have a couple dozen unanswered private messages, a few emails and I’ve been largely MIA on Facebook. I promise I’ll start being much more visible and vocal on the Palladium Facebook page and the Palladium Website in the weeks to come. I’m sorry if my absence has disappointed anybody. I’ve just been so busy with getting new books finished that I haven’t had much spare time or energy to be chatting online. I can tell you that we have a couple of different plans for Palladium video interviews and reviews in the near future.

In the meanwhile, check out the Gen Con video-interviews with me and a few other members of the Palladium crew. Gamers seem to be enjoying them the quite a bit.

Video interviews with Kevin Siembieda (that’s me) and others. We have been hearing nothing but positive feedback on a couple of video interviews done from the floor of Gen Con. The first one is with three of us, Brandon Aten, Matthew Clements and me. It’s fast and fun. The other is an interview with just me.

I had a pen pal buddy of mine email me the other day to say he loved the interviews and enjoyed being able to see and hear me speak in a video. So I thought I’d mention the videos here for others to enjoy. We had nothing to do with the making of the videos themselves. They were done by a few gamers acting as online reporters. They were nice to work with and did a good job. We hope to do video interviews in the future as well. Enjoy.

Prelude to Lemuria™ Sale – Cat. No. MEM24

– September 8-15 – limited time offer

This is a special, one week sale in which you can get two Rifts® titles with a $41.90 value, for only $25.15.

We call the sale Prelude to Lemuria, because the two books are Rifts® Underseas and Rifts® Sourcebook 4: Coalition Navy. Both of which offer a wealth of information, boats and gear suitable for campaigns above and below the waves, and which make nice companions to Rifts® Lemuria.

Act now and you can get both books on the cheap.

Rifts® World Book 7: Rifts® Underseas and Rifts® Sourcebook 4: Coalition Navy have a combined retail price of $41.90, but now you can get both for only $25.15!

You know you’ll end up buying these two books after Rifts® Lemuria comes out – and at full price – so take advantage of the sale. Get them both at a substantial savings, you can read them before the release of Rifts® Lemuria and be ready to dive into the new Lemuria book the second it is released. This is your only week to snatch these two books up. Offer ends at midnight, September 15, 2011.

Rifts® Underseas Highlights:

Ocean Magic and Ocean Wizards, Sea Druids and more.

Play dolphins and whales (Rifts® style) and cast Dolphin magic or use Whale Spellsongs. Yes, dolphins and whales can be player characters and NPCs.

A dozen ocean monsters, plus Gene-Splicer monsters.

The Lord of the Deep and his vile minions.

Tritonia and the Amphib mutants O.C.C.s.

The New Navy and its O.C.C.s, weapons, power armor, submarines and ships.

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:

Vampire Kingdoms™, New Revised Edition

– Available now

Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™ is in our warehouse waiting for your order. Initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Order yours today.

For centuries, Mexico has been considered the realm of monsters best left alone. A land dominated by packs of Wild Vampires and rumored to be home of Vampire Kingdoms in the south. Most of the northern civilizations have stayed away, but over the last 20 years, a growing number of heroes, vampire slayers and adventurers have been waging something of a secret war against the undead. As that battle escalates, stories of heroes, vampires and entire human populations enslaved by the undead or penned, raised and slaughtered like cattle, are starting to leak out. Come see for yourself if the rumors are true and join the battle for humanity in Mexico.

Vampire Hunter O.C.C.s, all new.

Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.

Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.

Vampire minions, henchmen and protectors, all new.

Rifts vampires, how they think, behave, fight and kill.

Different types of vampires, their Master, and the Vampire Intelligence (the deific creator of the undead).

Hero Vampire and Deluded Vampire R.C.C.s as player characters.

40+ vampire abilities, vampire weaknesses and combat notes.

Vampire combat and the weapons and techniques of vampire slayers.

Who can be turned into vampires and who cannot.

Chupacabras and other monsters and riding animals.

Reid’s Ranger O.C.C. and the observations of Doc Reid, all new.

Vampire fighting weapons, silver bullets, wooden stakes and more.

The city-states of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez described. Updated and expanded.

Town creation tables and rules. All new.

Vampire ruled towns and the hold they have over them. All new.

Wild Vampires and the secret behind their presence in northern Mexico.

Overviews of the Vampire Kingdoms, with expanded material on vampire society, hierarchy, their psychology, behavior, human cattle and servants, vampire dominion over the villages and towns of Northern Mexico and much more.

Ideas for adventure throughout. Updated and revised to 109 P.A.

Written by Kevin Siembieda. Additional text and ideas by Matthew Clements and Braden Campbell.

NEW! Rifts® World Book: Lemuria™

– Ships October, 2011

The power, secrets and magic of the underwater realm of Lemuria revealed. Player characters can use symbiotes, magic and technology to breathe underwater and spend time below the waves.

Lemuria is more than an underwater civilization of aquatic beings. They can trace their lineage as far back as the Atlanteans and can survive on dry land as well as underwater. In fact, their greatest secret is that there is no one resting place for the Lemurians, their great cities are always moving. Learn about the people of Lemuria, new Biomancy magic and weapons, Biomancy engineered riding animals, sea herbs, new powers of healing, sea monsters, and more. Epic adventure awaits.

The Lemurians, their race, history and society.

New O.C.C.s including the Serpent Hunter, Shriekers, Oceanic Guardsman, Aquatic Biomancer and others.

The Stone Guardians of Easter Island and other mysteries.

Biomancer Gardens and Aquatic Biomancy.

Biomancy armor, weapons and equipment.

Symbiotic creatures and constructs; some that enable air-breathers to survive underwater, indefinitely.

New psionic abilities.

Sea Serpents, Sea Dragons, monsters, and riding animals.

New dangers, new challenges, adventure ideas and more.

Written by Greg Diaczyk.

Cover by John Zeleznik.

160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 885. Final page count and price may be subject to expansion and increase. October release.

The Rifter® #56

– ships October, 2011

The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider.

The Rifter® #56:

This issue is still a work in progress. This is what we know so far.

Rifts® in space. The orbital communities and weirdness, by O.J. Pinckert.

Beyond the Supernatural: Tainted Martyr P.C.C. by Steven Dawes.

Palladium Fantasy RPG®: Source material.

News and coming attractions.

Fiction and more.

And MORE yet to be determined.

Cover by Irvin Jackson.

$11.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 156. October release.

NEW! Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™

The Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™ will expand upon old material from the original Vampire Kingdoms World Book as well as much completely new material. Trouble is stirring in the Vampire Kingdoms as ambitious vampire lords, ladies and misanthropes seek to expand their power to dominate more mortal life forms. This sourcebook will be every bit as exciting and packed with cool stuff as Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™.

Vampires of the Yucatan, the dark god Camazotz and more.

Vampires and Werebeasts of the Yucatan.

Expanded overview of the Yucatan.

Doc Reid and key Rangers, plus Fort Reid described.

Magic based Vampire Hunters and human strongholds.

Techno-Wizard weapons and gear. Plus more non-TW vehicles and gear.

Vampire Hunter “exterminators.” Mortal assassins who serve the vampires by hunting and destroying Vampire Hunters and other enemies of the Vampire Kingdoms.

NEW! Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook

The battle for the liberation of Earth starts here. For the first time in its history, the Earth has been invaded and occupied by alien invaders – the Invid. The Invid think they have won, but Freedom Fighters, UEEF soldiers and other heroes continue to fight. This is the first sourcebook to combine ALL generations of Robotech® into one epic setting.

A setting in which Battloids, Veritechs, power armor and technology from all eras of Robotech come together.

Kit-bashed mecha and rules for jury-rigging and combining parts from different generations of Robotech® mecha.

NEW! Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™

The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, ‘nuff said.

Soulmancer and Blood Magic.

The Seven Deadly Plagues.

The Demon Plagues across the globe.

Battleground: Earth – as demons and infernals amass their legions.

Rifts Calgary – also known as Hell’s Pit; the kingdom described.

Ciudad de Diablo, Harpies’ Island and other notable Hell holes on Earth.

Lord Doom, Pain and other demonic leaders.

Horune treachery, Dimension Stormers and other villains.

Global chaos and the places most dramatically affected by the Demon Plagues.

BACK IN PRINT

Rifts®World Book 23: Xiticix Invasion™

Earth is home to thousands of alien species from beyond the Rifts, but one of the strangest and most dangerous is the Xiticix. A danger nobody seemed to realize until the sprawling Hivelands began to encroach on the territories of other people. Armed with new breeds of aggressive warriors, new weapons and legions of insectoids willing to fight to the death, people are beginning to wonder if they are the next threat to humanity.

BACK IN PRINT

Coalition Wars® One: Sedition

The Coalition Army is in place and waging war on Tolkeen, a Kingdom of Magic. This sourcebook lays the groundwork for an epic conflict and ongoing campaign. If you don’t want to play out the war, it provides all kinds of valuable stand-alone source material, magic items, magic spells, magic weapons, TW Iron Juggernauts, monsters, villains and adventure ideas.

BACK IN PRINT

Coalition Wars® Two: Coalition Overkill™

The war escalates on both sides. A new breed of Coalition officers begin to come to the forefront, and with them cruelty, murder and genocide. The Coalition Army is ruthless, but Tolkeen has a few tricks up its sleeve, like an alliance with a race of ancient demons known as the Daemonix.

Rifts® Book of Magic

– Back in Print – Available Now

This is the ultimate guide to magic on Rifts Earth. All the magic spells, magic tattoos, Techno-Wizard items, magic weapons, equipment, body armor, restraints, parasites, symbiotes, magic items, Automatons, Iron Juggernauts, and more from Rifts® World Books 1-23,Sourcebooks 1-4, and Siege on Tolkeen 1-6, collected into one big reference. This is a great reference book. Kevin and all of us at Palladium use it and the Rifts® Game Master Guide constantly.

Rifts® World Book 8: Rifts® Japan™

– Back in Print – Available now

This fan-favorite sourcebook is filled with high-tech wonders, magic and monsters. There are 20 O.C.C.s (Occupational Character Classes) that range from the traditional ninja and samurai to power armor, giant robots and cyborgs.

Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™

– Back in Print – Available now

The Coalition State of Lone Star is a wild and woolly place of contrast and conflict. The Coalition States claims the entire State of Texas as their own, but they only control a small corner of it. It is here, at the Lone Star Complex, that the CS engages in genetic engineering and creates the famous Dog Boys and a host of other mutants. The rest of the state is held by the Pecos Empire – an empire of bandits, outlaws and rebels. The perfect companion to Rifts® New West™, Rifts® Spirit West™ and Rifts® Machinations of Doom™.

19 R.C.C.s, many of which are mutants.

A few new O.C.C.s.

Dog Boys – an in-depth look at how they are designed, bred and trained.

Splicers® Sourcebook One – concepts and art by Charles Walton.Splicers® Sourcebook Two – concepts and art by Charles Walton.

All of the above are being written right now. A few are already finished. Most will be 2012 releases. And this does not include projects I would like to do for Palladium Fantasy®, Dead Reign™, Warpath™: Urban Jungle and new mediums.

The Queen of Ghouls: Life-Sized Halloween Props

The Queen of Ghouls – Palladium’s very own Kathy Simmons – is locked in her dungeon, devising new ghouls for the coming Halloween season. Go to queenofghouls.com to see her current selection of life-sized Halloween props. See her zombie doctor and other new zombies, Jack Skellington and Sally, and more. New creations are on the drawing board, and so is a new website. Each Halloween prop is truly life-sized (most are 6 feet or taller – Jack is almost 8 feet) and seems almost alive.

Each is an all-weather, life-sized Halloween prop that can handle rain and snow, and is a one-of-a-kind work of art (no two are exactly the same). Each looks frighteningly “real.” All come apart and fold down to slightly larger than a king-size pillow for easy storage. Comes with easy instructions, a plastic storage bag, and the lawn stake to stand it up in your front yard. Indoor stand sold separately.

Types of “Ghouls” include: Zombies (all kinds!), killer clowns, wizards, witches, devils, grave ghouls, scarecrows, executioners, mad doctors, deadly nurses, vampires, werewolves, and more. Kathy’s also now offering an array of hand-painted Halloween signs, signs with heads and bodies hanging from them, witch’s brewing pots, Halloween centerpieces and more. Best of all, her high quality creations are much more affordable and imaginative than most competitors or mass produced items in a store, making them affordable Halloween fun.

If you think the photos online look good, you should see them in person. A typical “ghoul,” as she calls her creations, costs $129-$259. You can see some of her work at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.

Conventions & Events

Palladium to attend Detroit FanFare, September 24 & 25

We’ve gotten confirmation of our end cap and are looking forward to seeing gamers and comic fans from Michigan, Ohio and the surrounding area come on down. The event is the Detroit FanFare, September 24 & 25 at Cobo Hall, downtown Detroit.

One of the guests is Kevin Eastman – co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®. So this fun comic book and media convention will be a great chance to get your Ninja Turtles® game books (and comics) signed by one of the creators. Other guests include fan boy favorite actor, Bruce Campbell, and dozens and dozens of comic book guests. Palladium fans may be interested to know Dave Dorman (Palladium cover artist), Tim Bradstreet, and pal, Defiler and Palladium contributor of old, William Messner Loebs will also be attending, among many other guests. I’ll keep you posted as we firm up the details.

Alliance Trade Show, October in Fort Wayne, Indiana

This is a trade show for retailers, but many hard working store owners and their employees are gamers and Palladium fans. I invite you to bring books for us to sign for your own collections and/or to put in your store as an extra selling feature. We’re happy to do it. I, Kevin Siembieda, and Wayne Smith will be present at the event. Also, please drop by to chat and get the latest news and developments at Palladium.

Gen Con Indy 2012

1. Palladium Books will be at Gen Con Indy 2012.

2. We need Game Masters to run Palladium game events. We want Palladium Books to be a much bigger part of the gaming experience at Gen Con Indy in 2012. Toward that end, we’re hoping a number of Game Masters will step forward and run “official” gaming events at Gen Con. To do that we need your help.

Let us know if you are planning to run at Gen Con Indy 2012, but most importantly, YOU NEED to contact Gen Con directly and fill out whatever Event Submission form/application and send it in to them BEFORE THE JANUARY DEADLINE. This can all be done online.

Note: Though there are different “rounds” and deadlines for submitting events, it is our experience that submitting in time for the very first deadline is the only way to sure-fire guarantee the event will to be included. So please, let’s plan now and get our events entered in the first round, mid-January 2012. Megaversal Ambassadors, please be a vocal and visible part of getting people to run Palladium gaming events for Gen Con Indy 2012. Any and all game settings (Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited, Palladium Fantasy®, Robotech®, Dead Reign™, Nightbane®, Splicers®, Robotech®, BTS, and all the rest) are welcomed. Let’s make the halls of Gen Con Indy 2012 ring with Palladium gaming.

2012 Palladium Open House – May 4-6, 2012

The Palladium Open House is three days (four with VIP night) of non-stop role-playing gaming, a chance to meet and hang with the Palladium staff, artists and writers, participate in panel talks, get autographs, and have a blast. Game with the people who make the games at the very place they are designed. YOU are part of Palladium’s extended family, and we invite YOU into our home to join us for gaming, fun and more. The Palladium Open House has a fun, family feel and is three days (four with VIP night) of games, fun and opportunity for making wonderful memories that will last a lifetime.

● 90+ Gaming Events:

Rifts®

Robotech®

Chaos Earth™

Nightbane®

Heroes Unlimited™

Ninjas & Superspies™

Phase World®/Three Galaxies™

Dead Reign™

After the Bomb®

Palladium Fantasy RPG®

Beyond the Supernatural™

and more . . .

● 40+ Palladium creators under one roof.

● Game with the people who make the games you love, like Kevin Siembieda, Julius Rosenstein, Carl Gleba, and other Palladium creators.

● Enter the Costume Contest and you might win a cool award and prize.

● Enjoy panel talks that are fun and insightful.

● Get autographs and chat with creators.

● Have the time of your life.

● What other game company invites you to game with them at their place?

● We are hosting this event because YOU demanded it. So come on over and join the fun.

Place your order today.

We recommend you RESERVE your hotel now. Your credit card is not charged until the event, but reserving your room early gives you peace of mind and helps Palladium so we can block more rooms if we need them. If necessary, you can cancel your room up to a few weeks before the event.

This may be our last Open House. Having sufficient parking is becoming an issue. While we should be okay for the 2012 POH, the parking situation is likely to prevent future events. So don’t miss out.

V.I.P. Thursday (May 3, 2012). Available now. YOU are the VIP. You get in an afternoon early (doors open at 3:00 PM – catered dinner at 5:30 PM) and are the first to play in special game events, participate in special panel talks, purchase items, and enjoy a dinner catered by Kathy Simmons (and those who have been to past VIP nights know how awesome that is). Reserve your place today.

Weekend Admission is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Reserve your place today. Placing your order early helps us on many levels, and tells us how many people to expect and how many hotel rooms to reserve.

Individual Day Admission might work better for you. If you can only make it one day, that’s okay with us. Come on down.

Hotel is the location you love at the same 2009 rates ($69.95 a night). The hotel does not charge your card until a day before the event, so reserve NOW. We are concerned they might run out of rooms at our special price, so reserve your room as soon as possible. Based on the economy, the hotel has not reserved the entire hotel for us as they have in the past. Book your room fast so you know you have a place to stay. The hotel now offers free hot breakfasts and we will have two conference rooms for late night gaming and additional open gaming.

Plan to enter the Costume Contest. Winners get a nice plaque and real prizes. Rifts/sci-fi, fantasy, modern (includes horror) and best of show are the categories.

Game Masters wanted for 2012 Palladium Open House (POH). The sooner you notify us that you are running “official” POH games and how many games/time slots, the better. We want to get our gaming schedule up and posted online early this time. We typically need 90+ gaming events. That means we need you. FYI: You can run the same game more than once, I do.

Palladium is in need of Game Masters to run events at the 2012 Palladium Open House. G.M.s who run three or more events get a special discount on product and a gift (typically a T-shirt, but maybe something different this year). Palladium NEEDS your commitment to run and a description of the games no later than January 29, 2012 – SOONER IS BETTER. Our thanks to those of you who have already committed to run. Please let us know what you want to run. Julius Rosenstein already has 7 events scheduled. Be like Julius and let us know as soon as possible. Thank you.